pico23
Dec 3, 2008, 9:14 AM
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In reply to: This almost sounds like --from one perspective-- a good reason to EXCLUDE them:
Unfortunately my brain works like this...if item A holds 75% of the market, I assume item B that holds 10% wants to take a bit out of item A market share, thus it sells a better product at a lower price! It offers better quality, over builds, and over specs just to get a look! Then it gradually (no idea where quality came from) catches up in share till it is complacent in it's place and product C has a shot to move in!
Hey, might not be true 100% of the time, but it is more often than not!
And it fosters competition...the sale you DON'T give to #1 if options 2,3 and 4 are just as good means #1 must offer more for less, and so must 2,3,4.
Look at the 5D for example, if Nikon hadn't released the D700 how much longer would canon have sold the 5D? Who knows, but you did end up with a great new 5DII after the D700 was announced! Kinda ironic, or perhaps Canon was raking in profits on 4 year old tech while waiting on the competition to catch up!
Thus, i usually look at the top few, but then I also look at the best of the rest, to see what my options are, and often I go with the best of the rest for the above reason!
(This post was edited by pico23 on Dec 3, 2008, 11:58 PM)
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